Tag: disinformation
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UK Official Says Russian Disinfo Blocked in 2024 Election
Doppelganger Unsuccessfully Attempted to Distort Election, UK Minister Said. A Russian government-directed foreign influence campaign unsuccessfully attempted to disrupt the 2024 U.K. elections, a British security minister told a parliamentary committee. The government identified disinformation networks linked to Russian influence campaign widely tracked as Doppelganger. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/uk-official-says-russian-disinfo-blocked-in-2024-election-a-27759
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New York Times Spoofed to Hide Russian Disinformation Campaign
Operation Doppelganger has convincingly masqueraded as multiple news sites with elaborate fake stories containing real bylines of journalists, blasting them out on social media platforms. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/new-york-times-spoofed-russian-disinformation-campaign
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Trump nominates cyber vet Sean Plankey for CISA chief amid DOGE cuts and firings
Tags: cisa, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, disinformation, election, government, infrastructure, jobs, RedTeam, toolPlankey’s potential impact on CISA’s staff and spending cuts: CISA has long been a target of Republicans, primarily due to the minimal amount of now-discontinued work the agency conducted on misinformation efforts. It has also experienced heavy staff and spending cuts spurred by Elon Musk’s DOGE initiative.Over the past seven weeks, CISA has endured at…
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Focus on Elon Musk’s algorithms, not his words, says France’s disinformation agency
Anne-Sophie Dhiver, the deputy head of the French government agency Viginum, spoke to Recorded Future News about why and how her agency was addressing the threat of disinformation. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/focus-on-musk-algorithms-not-words-france-disinfo-agency-interview
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Doppelgänger Disinformation Operation Continues to Undermine Western Democracies
A recent report by cybersecurity firm Intrinsec has unveiled an ongoing large-scale disinformation campaign, known as Doppelgänger, which First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/doppelganger-disinformation-operation-continues-to-undermine-western-democracies/
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China Using AI-Powered Surveillance Tools, Says OpenAI
Report Also Flags Threats Linked to North Korea, Iran. Chinese influence operations are using artificial intelligence to carry out surveillance and disinformation campaigns, OpenAI said in its latest threat report. The report details two major Chinese campaigns that misused AI tools, including OpenAI’s own models, to advance state-backed agendas. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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AI can kill banks: Cybersecurity’s disinformation gap
Almost 61% of study participants who consumed the fake news were fundamentally willing to withdraw their money from the respective bank.Just over 33% of respondents rated this as “very likely,” and another 27% as “probable.”Translated into financial expenditure, according to the study, a £10 investment in AI content generation (around US$13) can be enough to…
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No, that’s not the acting head of the Social Security Administration. That’s a former CISA employee.
As CISA removes anti-disinformation personnel, one of its own former employees has fallen victim to a case of mistaken identity. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/leland-dudek-ross-foard-social-security-cisa-misinformation/
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German election targeted by Russian disinformation, security services warn
Germany’s security services warned on Friday that fake videos circulating online purporting to reveal ballot manipulation in the country’s upcoming federal elections were part of a Russian information operation. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/german-election-targeted-by-russian-disinformation
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Ukraine struggles to counter Russian disinfo without US support, local cyber official says
“This is a very serious issue for Ukraine,” Ukrainian security official Natalia Tkachuk said about the Trump administration’s freeze on U.S. foreign aid, including cyber and counter-disinformation programs started after the Russian invasion. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/ukraine-russia-disinformation-us-foreign-aid
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Taiwan using AI to fight disinformation campaigns, former minister says
Taiwan’s first-ever minister of digital affairs, Audrey Tang, told an audience in Munich on Friday that the island nation is using AI to battle disinformation on social media. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/taiwan-using-ai-to-fight-disinformation
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Content Credentials Technology Verifies Image, Video Authenticity
The open technology tackles disinformation by verifying whether the image is real or has been modified. The standard, created to document the provenance of photos and other media, has gained steam in the past year, surpassing 500 corporate members and releasing open-source tools for developers. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/content-credentials-aim-to-tame-disinformation
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CISA election, disinformation officials placed on administrative leave, sources say
The moves happened Thursday and Friday last week, per a source. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/cisa-misinformation-disinformation-administrative-leave/
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Misinformation Is No. 1 Global Risk, Cyberespionage in Top 5
Inadequate Cyber Resilience and More Findings From WEF’s Global Risks Report 2025. Polarization within societies, escalating geopolitical tensions and the proliferation of generative AI tools have cemented misinformation and disinformation as the top global risk in a two-year outlook, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2025. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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US hits back against China’s Salt Typhoon group
Tags: attack, backdoor, china, cisa, ciso, communications, computer, control, crypto, cve, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, defense, detection, disinformation, espionage, exploit, finance, government, group, infosec, infrastructure, intelligence, ivanti, law, malicious, mandiant, microsoft, network, north-korea, office, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, vpn, vulnerabilityThe US is hitting back against the threat group, dubbed Salt Typhoon by Microsoft, which is allegedly behind recent cyber attacks against American telecommunications providers, as part of a wider campaign against Chinese-based hacking.On Friday the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said it is sanctioning Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology, a…
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Poland uncovers Russia-linked disinformation campaign targeting upcoming presidential election
The group behind the operation is likely controlled by the Russian military intelligence service, GRU, which recruits individuals “from various backgrounds,” said Poland’s digital affairs minister.]]> First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/poland-uncovers-russia-linked-disinformation-campaign-presidential-election
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More telecom firms were breached by Chinese hackers than previously reported
Tags: access, at&t, attack, breach, china, cisco, communications, cyber, cyberespionage, cybersecurity, data, defense, disinformation, espionage, exploit, finance, fortinet, framework, government, group, hacker, Hardware, infrastructure, intelligence, international, microsoft, mobile, network, phone, regulation, risk, risk-management, router, spy, technology, threat, vulnerabilityChinese hackers linked to the Salt Typhoon cyberespionage operation have breached even more US telecommunications firms than initially reported.New victims, Charter Communications, Consolidated Communications, and Windstream, add to a growing list that already includes AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Lumen Technologies.Earlier, the US authorities informed that nine telecom firms have been affected by the Chinese espionage…
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US Imposes Sanctions on Russian and Iranian Groups Over Disinformation Targeting American Voters
The United States has imposed sanctions on two groups linked to Iranian and Russian efforts to target American voters with disinformation ahead of this year’s election. The post US Imposes Sanctions on Russian and Iranian Groups Over Disinformation Targeting American Voters appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/us-imposes-sanctions-on-russian-and-iranian-groups-over-disinformation-targeting-american-voters/
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US Confirms Russian GenAI Disinformation Op Targeted Election
The US government has sanctioned Russian state-affiliated entity CGE, which used a vast GenAI infrastructure to spread disinformation during the US Presidential election First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/us-russian-genai-disinformation-op/
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State Department’s disinformation office to close after funding nixed in NDAA
The Global Engagement Center, which tracks and exposes foreign disinformation narratives in foreign countries, will see its authority to operate expire Dec. 24. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/state-departments-disinformation-office-to-close-after-funding-nixed-in-ndaa/
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EU Sanctions Russian Cyber Actors for “Destabilizing Actions”
The EU announced sanctions against individuals and entities involved in cyber-attacks and disinformation campaigns on behalf of the Russian state First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/eu-sanctions-russian-cyber-actors/
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Time of Reckoning Reviewing My 2024 Cybersecurity Predictions
Tags: ai, attack, automation, awareness, breach, business, chatgpt, china, compliance, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, disinformation, election, espionage, exploit, healthcare, incident response, infrastructure, jobs, law, linkedin, malware, monitoring, moveIT, phishing, privacy, ransomware, regulation, risk, russia, service, software, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, ukraine, update, vulnerability, warfare, zero-dayThe brutal reality is that cybersecurity predictions are only as valuable as their accuracy. As 2024 comes to a close, I revisit my forecasts to assess their utility in guiding meaningful decisions. Anyone can make predictions (and far too many do), but actually being correct is another matter altogether. It is commonplace for security companies…
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Meta’s Q3 2024 Adversarial Threat Report: Global Disinformation Networks Disrupted
Meta has released its Third Quarter Adversarial Threat Report for 2024, detailing the disruption of five covert influence operations across the globe, including networks originating in India, Iran, Lebanon, and... First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/metas-q3-2024-adversarial-threat-report-global-disinformation-networks-disrupted/
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Meta: Russia tops disinformation ops, followed by Iran and China
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/meta-russia-tops-disinformation-ops-followed-by-iran-and-china
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Wie man sich vor Desinformationskampagnen schützen kann
Tags: disinformationIn den sozialen Medien sind Falschinformationen, Memes und manipulierte Videos weit verbreitet und werden gezielt genutzt, um politische Themen zu bee… First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/wie-man-sich-vor-desinformationskampagnen-schuetzen-kann/a38488/
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Fake News Beeinflussungsoperationen und Gefahren bei Falschinformationen
Tags: disinformationIndem Akteure wie die SDA gezielt in die öffentliche Meinung eingreifen, beeinflussen sie die Wahrnehmung und die Meinungen der Bürger. Dies kann sich… First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/fake-news-beeinflussungsoperationen-und-gefahren-bei-falschinformationen/a38535/